Game



Aug. 4, 1925. 1548,29@

H. VAN ARSDALE, JR

GAME

Filed. Oct., 9, 1922 Patented Aug 4, 1925 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFEC.,

HENRY VAN ARSDALE, JR., 0F NEW EQCHEIE, NEW YORK.

GAME.

Application led October 9, 1922. Serial' No. 593,312.

courages the exercise of skill and judgmentl on the partof a player.Further objects of this invention .include the provision of apparatusand appliances for playing the game, and to the provision of methods forconstructing such apparatus and appliances. Other objects will be inpart obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In accordance with my invention, I lay out a course and provide one ormore projectiles which are adapted to be projected by a player in. asemi-controllable manner from place to place on the course. Upon thecourse I designate one or more starting areas, hereinafter called tees,and one or more finishing areas, hereinafter called holes and at otherportions of the course provide. areas of difficulty or penalty,hereinafter called hazards.

With such apparatus an interesting game may be played by starting withthe projectile upon a tee and attempting to drive it into acorresponding hole with as few strokes as possible, repeating theattempt for each hole on the course. The game is also interesting whenthe chosen object is to make holes in fewer strokes than are required byan opponent player. The hazards may be arranged to offer physicaldiihculties to the making of a shot from the areas embraced thereby, ormay be arranged to merely involve a penalty when encountered in theplay, or may be arranged to both oder physical impediments to the makingof a shot and also to involve an arbitrary penalty.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had,attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this application and illustrating several possible embodiments of theinvention. Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view 0f anapparatus providing a course, together with a projectile and shooterusable therewith, and illustrates a manner of play; and Figs. 2 and 3are sectional views of the course taken respectively on the lines 2 2and 3-3 of Fig. l. Sim- 60 ilar reference characters refer to similarparts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, a preferred form of apparatus for the gameincludes for the projectiles small flat discs, such as l, of rigidmaterial, which, when resting upon a suitable surface, may be projectedupwardly and forwardly in a semi-controllable trajectory by means of alarger disc 2, also of 7@ rigid material, which is adapted to be heldbetween the thumb 3 and forefinger 4 of a player, who, by placing theedge of the disc 2 upon smaller disc 1' near its edge, and by slidingthe larger disc 0E of the smaller disc,

while exerting pressure, may cause the smaller disc to snap or jumplupwardly and forwardly in a more or less controllable manner, dependingsomewhat upon the skill of the player. of tiddledy winks will recognizedisc l to be a wink and disc 2 to be a tiddledy The ease or diiiicultywith which a wink may be projected depends largely upon the elasticityof the surface from which it is projected. From hard material, such aswood, cardboard or the like, it is quite difficult to project the winkin a satisfactory manner, while it is quite easy to properly project awink from the elastic surface of heavy cloth, such as felt. From thinnercloth, backed by rigid material, the elasticity, and consequently thedifficulty is of an intermediate degree.V

In a preferred form of apparatus provid- @t ing the course 5, over whichwink l is adapted to be driven, I provide a sheet 6 of heavy cloth, suchas felt, and mount the same upon a sheet 7 of rigid material, such aswood,

cardboard or the like, preferably pasting the 1t cloth upon this backingsheet 7. At arbitrary places on cloth 6 I designate one or more startingareas, such as 8, by placing nlrks 9 thereon, as with paint,crayon orthe 1 e. at arbitrary places on the cloth 6, preferably by cutting awaythe cloth, as at 10, to provide circular holes therein extending down tothe backing sheet 7 I also cut away the sheet 6 at other arbitraryplaces down to the Those familiar with the game I also designatefinishing areas or holes l@ surface of the backing sheet 7. -At some ofthese cut-away areas I leave the surface of the backing sheet 7 eXposed,as at 11, and at others of these cut-away areas I cover the 'exposedbacking surface with cloth 12, which is thinner than the felt sheet 6.Such an area is shown at 13. The various areas of the course may beappropriately colored to represent water, sand, rough grass or the like.I also provide one or more physical obstructions which may be placed 4atarbitrary places upon the sheet 6 to obstruct the flight o'l the wink 1when the wink vencounters the same. Such obstacles may consist ofsuitably shaped pieces of rigid material, such as wood, cardboard or thelike, and may either be glued in place or may merely be removably placedthereon without fastening. In the drawings such a hazard is shown toconsist of trapezoid 14 placed in position to guard the third hole. y

Thus it will be apparent that it is most difficult to drive a wink fromareas such as 11, which present the naked surface of the rigid backingsheet 7 that it will be less diiicult to drive the wink from areas suchas 13, which present a surface of cloth 12, and that it will be easiestto drive a wink from the undisturbed areas of `sheet 6. It will also beappare-nt that the obstruction 14: renders the play more diliicult. Theobstruction 14 and areas, such as 11 and 13, are called hazards.

Obviously, instead of cutting away sheet 6 to form hazards, the hazardsmay be merely designated upon th'e surface of the sheet, as by markingthereon with paint, crayon or the like, as at 15. Also areas of hazardmay be created by incorporating in sheet 6 areas of hardened glue, paintor the like, as at 16, which alter the surface `oi the sheet 6 andrender it less elastic and thereby more diicult to controllably projecta wink therefrom. Instead of forming the holes by cutting away the sheet6, as at 10, the holes may be designated by merely marking upon thesheet with paint, crayon or the like, as at 17.

As another modilication of an apparatus providing the course, I useseparate and movable pieces of suitable material, such as felt, for oneor more of the tees. Such a pie-ce is shown at 1S. Also I may provideholes, such as 19, in separate and movable pieces of material, such as20, which may be moved to any desired position on the course. Byproviding movable tees and holes, the layout of the course may bechanged at will.

Also all or any number of the hazards may be provided by separate piecesof suitable material, such as tin, wood, cardboard, cloth or the like,so that these also may be moved around the course at will. The backingsheet 7 is not essential, and it is apparent that a course may beprovided by merely employing a sheet of material, from the surface ofwhich a wink may be projected by means of a tiddledy.

Obviously, the size .and character of the material for the course, aswell as the number, sizes, locations 'and character of materials usedfor the tees, holes and hazards, may be arbitrarily 'chosen within awide range. Also it is apparent that the course may be provided byseveral separate sheets of material as well as by a single piece.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and as manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that a l mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is:

1. In a game of the character described, in combination, a course,comprising a sheet of material, different areas of which are elastic indifferent degrees, and a Wink rojectable from place to place on saidsieet by pressing a portion of the wink, when resting on said sheet,into said sheet and Suddenlyremoving the pressure to cause theelasticity of said sheet to project the wink from its resting place, theease and diliculty of controllably projecting said wink about saidcourse varying with the degree of elasticity of the local areas of saidsheet from which projection is attempted.

2. In a game of the character described, in combination, a courseincluding a sheet of elastic material having certain areas permeatedwith hardened paint so as to be of reduced elasticity and constitutinghazards, and a wink projectable from place to lace on said sheet bypressing a portion ol) the wink, when resting on said sheet, into saidsheet and suddenly removing the pressure to cause the elasticity of saidsheet to project the wink 'from its resting lace, the controllableprojection of said wink being of increased difficulty from said areas ofreduced elasticity.

3. In a game of the character described, in combination, a coursecomprising a sheet of elastic cloth, certain areas of said sheet beingcut away and exposing material having less elasticity than said sheet,said cutaway portions constituting hazards, and a wink projectable fromplace to place on said course, by pressing a portion of the wink, whenresting on said sheet, downwardly and suddenly removing the pressure tocause the elasticity of said course to project the wink from its restingplace, the controllableprojection of said wink being of increaseddifficulty from said cut-away areas which expose less resilientmaterial.

4. In a game, a piece of felt which acts as a playing surface and whichhas a miniature golf course indicated thereon, a Wink adapted to beplayed across said felt member by being snapped from its resting placeby the elasticity of said felt, and a projecting member for forcing apart of said wink into said surface of said felt during the playing ofthe wink, said felt having areas of different elasticity whereby saidwink when played from said areas will respond differently in accordancewith the different elasticities of said areas.

5. In a game, a game board having a playing surface of elastic natureand marked to represent a golf course, a projectile, representing a golfball, adapted to be played from the surface of said board by beingsnapped from a resting place thereon by the elasticity of said surface,and a projecting member for forcing a part of said projectile into saidsurface of said board duringthe playing thereof, said surface havingareas of different elasticity, whereby said projectile, when played fromsaid areas, will respond differently in accordance with the differentelasticities of said areas.

6. In a game, a game'board having a playing surface of elastic natureandmarked to represent a golf course, a projectile, representing a golfball, adaptedy to be played from the surface of said board by beingsnapped from a resting place thereon by the elasticity of said surface,and a projecting member for forcing a part of said projectile into saidsurface of said board during the playing thereof, said surface havingcertain areas of reduced elasticity and marked to represent hazards,whereby said projectile, when played from said areas of reducedelasticity, will,.respond differently than when played from other areasof said surface.

7. In a game, in combination, a game board comprising a substantiallyflat sheet of material having a surface of elastic nature marked torepresent a golf course, certain areas of said surface being marked torepresent hazards and being impregnated with paint so as to be ofreduced elasticity, a Wink adapted to be played across said board bybeing snapped from a resting place thereon by the elasticity of thesurface of the board, and a projecting member for forcing a part of saidWink into said surface during the playing of the Wink, said wink, whenplayed from said areas of reduced elasticity, responding differentlythan when played from other areas of said surface.

`This specification signed and witnessed this 7th day of October, 1922.

HENRY VAN ARSDALE, JR.

